Moving closer to russia, which happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. Brandon kendhammer is politics professor at Ohio University and expert on politics in west africa. Hejoins us now. Thank you and welcome to the programme. What is your take on what we are witnessing in niger right now . Right now . Good morning. I think what right now . Good morning. I think what we right now . Good morning. I think what we are right now . Good morning. I l think what we are witnessing right now . Good morning. I. Think what we are witnessing is likely the consolidation of any Military Regime. Enough time has passed now that we have a general sense of who was in charge or who would like to be in charge and while we have seen a fair bit of International Response at this point,
But we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. That really is the necessary foundation. The developments happen as a Christian Aid Group says an american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in the country. It happened on thursday near the capital, Port Au Prince, after the us advised all its citizens to leave the country because of the worsening Security Situation. Gangs control large parts of haitis capital Port Au Prince and kidnappings for ransom are common. Earlier, i spoke about the situation in haiti with harold isaac, a journalist based near Port Au Prince. Kenya says that it is prepared to send a Multinational Force to haiti what more do we know about that and how it might work . Very little at this stage. I mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to Foreign Police or Military Person
isaacs, a journalist away from gang violence. harold isaacs, a journalist in away from gang violence. harold isaacs, ajournalist in haiti. - isaacs, a journalist in haiti. harold, great to have your insight. thank you for being on. the eu has suspended all security cooperation with niger and has refused to recognise the new leaders after the country s army took power in a coup, it comes shortly after the us declared its unflagging support for ousted president mohamed bazoum seen as a key western ally in the fight against islamist militants. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, generalabdourahmane tchiani declared himself niger s new leader. he said insecurity, economic woes and corruption led him to seize power. but there are now concerns in the west about which countries the new leader will align with. niger s neighbours, burkina faso and mali, have both pivoted towards russia since their own coups. chris ewokor in nigeria is following the story for us.
harold isaacs, a journalist in haiti. harold, great to have your insight. thank you for being on. the eu has suspended all security cooperation with niger after the country s army took power in a coup, and has refused to recognise the new leaders. it comes shortly after the us declared its unflagging support for ousted president mohamed bazoum, seen as a key western ally in the fight against islamist militants. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, generalabdourahmane tchiani declared himself niger s new leader. he said insecurity, economic woes and corruption led him to seize power. but there are now concerns in the west about which countries